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- This is being released today regarding our seminar program. Please
- contact Greg Epstein (x3731), Programs Manager in Marcom with any
- questions.
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- Contact:
- Karen Logsdon
- NeXT Computer, Inc.
- 415-780-3786
- or
- Kindle DiGiusto
- NeXT Computer, Inc.
- 415-780-3781
-
- OBJECT DEMO DAYS: TEST THE TECHNOLOGY
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- NeXT kicks-off two-month seminar program in North America
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- REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-April 18, 1995-Many companies claim to have
- real, reusable, developer "objects," but few are delivering them.
- For that reason, NeXT Computer, Inc. is offering information
- technology executives the chance to see Real Objects - Right Now.
-
- Beginning May 9, NeXT will deliver free, half-day "Object Demo Days"
- in major North American cities. Geared toward CIOs, information
- system managers and developers, the seminars will provide a basic
- overview of object-oriented technology and its benefits to developer
- and end-user productivity.
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- Attendees will see a demonstration of Next's award-winning
- NEXTSTEP/OpenStep environment. They will also preview Next's
- newly-released Enterprise Objects Framework (EOF) which offers a
- bridge between objects and relational databases; and Portable
- Distributed Objects (PDO) which extends the object model enabling the
- deployment of server-based objects to non-NEXTSTEP environments
- including Sun, HP and Digital operating systems. Attendees will also
- learn how this powerful technology will make its way to the computer
- mainstream with the introduction of OpenStep for Windows 95 and
- Windows NT.
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- Overview of Seminar
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- From 9 a.m. to noon, executives will receive an introduction to
- object-oriented technology, including the benefits of object-oriented
- development versus traditional development tools, and see a
- demonstration of NEXTSTEP/OpenStep. Participants will also have the
- opportunity to "test drive" NEXTSTEP/OpenStep. At certain locations,
- partners and Systems Integraters will be on hand to demonstrate
- third-party solutions.
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- With documented case studies from major corporations such as MCI,
- Skyway Freight and Pan Canadian, IT executives will gain important
- insights into the many ways object-oriented technology saves time and
- money, and allows for the rapid deployment of new products and
- services.
-
- "The seminar program is an honest look at the state of object
- technology today. It is designed to be interactive and to help those
- exploring object technology sift through all of the hype," said
- Martin Yam, vice president of sales and marketing at NeXT Computer,
- Inc. "We encourage all IT executives to attend."
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- Event Sites
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- Seminars will be held in Chicago (May 9); Toronto (May 11);
- Washington D.C. (May 16); Minneapolis (May 18); San Francisco (June
- 13); Dallas (June 15); Washington D.C. (June 20). Additional dates
- may be added, for more information or to register for these free
- seminars, please call 1-800-TRY-NeXT or email to seminars@next.com.
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- NeXT Computer, Inc.
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- NeXT develops and markets OpenStep, the industry's first and most
- advanced object environment. OpenStep versions have been announced
- which will run on several operating systems, including NeXT's own
- MachOS, Sun's Solaris, Digital's UNIX and Microsoft's Windows NT and
- Windows 95. OpenStep's object-oriented technology allows corporate
- customers to rapidly create and deploy three-tier, client-server,
- mission critical custom applications. NeXT is headquartered in
- Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London,
- Paris, Munich and Tokyo.
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- NeXT, the NeXT logo, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP are trademarks or
- registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks
- mentioned belong to their respective owners.
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